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1719097

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date	17/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for all crimes in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	26847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for all crimes prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters and has been drawn from the CPS’ Case Management System.</p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>295,088</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>290,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>272,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>264,447</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282,732</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,895</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238,312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222,887</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,472</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213,242</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>275,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>260,614</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>280,807</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,669</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267,104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>257,252</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>271,022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,976</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>232,051</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238,103</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230,107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222,868</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234,996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212,865</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>258,348</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>256,691</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,971</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244,802</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>237,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>251,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233,047</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>211,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>221,084</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>203,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210,397</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204,215</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214,659</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>199,748</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,036</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,042</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216,311</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224,116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>201,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215,469</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>196,592</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>189,566</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202,547</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,534</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>193,010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>174,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,133</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167,079</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>192,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>186,541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>189,668</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176,437</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>184,050</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,574</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>170,234</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>159,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>149,810</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>156,177</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>137,257</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142,020</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>159,605</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,656</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135,909</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>139,596</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>132,942</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135,324</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:29:44 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1719098

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Burglary: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for burglary in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	26848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Burglary at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for burglary from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,199</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,545</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,874</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,456</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,481</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,254</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,903</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,741</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,222</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,276</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,211</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,434</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,088</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,062</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,179</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,303</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,185</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,886</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,123</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,321</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,170</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,294</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,185</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,889</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,545</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,339</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,899</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,729</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,905</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,841</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,312</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,682</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,341</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,931</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,746</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,972</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,716</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,283</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,091</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,980</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,163</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,386</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,889</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,037</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,417</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,628</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,313</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,829</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,632</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,826</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,692</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,499</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,694</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,311</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,363</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,633</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,807</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,499</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,521</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,065</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:33:53 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1716699

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support the victims of crime.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	902803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Victims and Prisoners Bill, which is currently in Report stage of the second House, introduces measures to better serve victims and the public, through improving victims’ experiences of the Criminal Justice System. The Bill places the overarching principles of the Victims’ Code into primary legislation and places a statutory duty on relevant agencies to provide services in accordance with the Victims’ Code, unless there is a good reason not to. The Bill sets up new oversight mechanisms to monitor and improve Code compliance through new mandatory data collection. There will be a series of consequences in place for bodies that do not comply with the Code, delivered by new local and national oversight mechanisms, with robust independent scrutiny by the Victims’ Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of services which support victims, and so the Bill also introduces a duty on Police and Crime Commissioners Local Authorities and Integrated Care Boards to collaborate when commissioning support services for victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and serious violence in England. Alongside this, the government has quadrupled funding for victims’ support services in cash terms since 2009/10. This includes funding to increase the number of Independent Sexual Violence Advisers and Independent Domestic Violence Advisers to around 1,000 by 2024/25, a 24/7 Rape Support Helpline, and an improved Homicide Support Service.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to supporting victims directly, the Government is committed to making sure the punishment fits the crime. The average custodial sentence has increased by around 50% since 2010 and serious offenders now spend a higher proportion of their sentence in custody.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 14/05/2024 17:04:47 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1694535

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: RAF Scampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of proposals to house asylum seekers at the former RAF base at Scampton.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	17491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Cost information is prospective and commercially sensitive, and as such is not available to be released. The pressure on the asylum system from small boat arrivals has continued to grow and requires us to look at a range of accommodation options which are more appropriate and offer better value for the taxpayer than expensive hotels.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/03/2024 17:41:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1679012

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church has had discussions with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the attack on the St Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria in 2022; and whether the Church is providing aid for the victims of that attack.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	7472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Archbishop of Canterbury issued a statement at the time of the attack on the Roman Catholic Church of St Francis Xavier in 2022, saying: “The massacre of worshippers – men, women and children – during a Mass in South-west Nigeria was an act of pure evil and a profound offence to God. My prayers are with all affected by this barbaric attack. I continue to pray for the nation of Nigeria.” The Archbishop meets often with politicians and clergy from Nigeria and has raised the issues of inter community and inter-religious violence.</p><p>Bishops of the Church of England are in regular discussion with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on matters affecting freedom of religion or belief, including in Nigeria. On 6<sup>th</sup> June 2022 the Lord Bishop of Leeds asked a question of the Minister of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the House of Lords, during exchanges on an answer to an urgent question on the attacks. He stressed that while condemnation by religious leaders was necessary and important, it often had limited impact on the self-proclaimed and ideologically-driven religious groupings and organisations behind such attacks.</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-06-06/debates/B6A5FF6E-A393-4201-9A75-BEBB56A981CD/details#contribution-22B83542-1AF7-4AB0-B1B6-B6D78F081CF2" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-06-06/debates/B6A5FF6E-A393-4201-9A75-BEBB56A981CD/details#contribution-22B83542-1AF7-4AB0-B1B6-B6D78F081CF2</a></p><p>The Church has not provided any direct financial aid to the victims of this attack, but through its diocesan companion links with Nigeria and the work of its voluntary mission agencies it is continuing to support the Church in Nigeria more broadly as it responds to violations of freedom of religion or belief.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/02/2024 15:33:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 11558 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1676031

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of closing places of worship during the covid-19 pandemic on people’s (a) physical and (b) mental health; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	5468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>Freedom of religion or belief and the freedom to worship are fundamental human rights.</p><p>That is why the decision to close our Places of Worship, alongside all other places where people gathered, was made with great reluctance in the very earliest stages of the pandemic.</p><p>Recognising the importance of our Places of Worship to the spiritual, mental and physical health of our communities, we worked hard to ensure that they were able to reopen as soon as possible.</p><p>Gradual reopening began in June 2020 when it was clear how risks to worshippers could be minimised and our Places of Worship were able to remain open for worshippers throughout the remainder of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 13/12/2023 15:22:47 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1674954

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Devolution: England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has for further devolution in England.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	900445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out at Autumn Statement, we remain committed to ensuring that every part of England that wants a devolution deal by 2030 will have one.</p><p>In addition to the four new devolution deals and deeper devolution offer announced last week, we have committed to consider whether level 2 powers and funding can be devolved to county councils that meet key criteria set out in the Levelling Up White Paper. We are also in advanced discussions with Devon and Torbay about a devolution deal there.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 04/12/2023 17:47:37 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1674257

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the blast furnaces in Scunthorpe on virgin steel production.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	900390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Almost all the G20 countries have operational blast furnaces, and a number of those are transitioning to electric arc furnaces as well.</p><p> </p><p>We know the importance of Scunthorpe, which is a key driver of economic growth. British Steel provides a third of all domestic production supplied to the construction and rail industries.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to be in negotiations to make sure that we secure the best deal, and one that is good value for taxpayers, when it comes to Scunthorpe.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/11/2023 16:55:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh